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First post, by Malik

Posted on 2009-01-25, 05:14

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Anyone remember a title called "Questbuster" which came in few volumes at few months or monthly intervals more than 15 years ago?

This book contains solutions to a number of pc adventure and rpg games per volume. I remember reading the book at a computer store, say, in 1991, I think. I remember seeing the solutions for Quest for Glory IV and Drakkhen in a volume there.

Anyone heard of these? If I'm not mistaken, it was published in the US.

Since I'm a classic pc and pc-games based collector, I would like to know if I could get them from somewhere.

Gamefaqs have good collection of FAQs and walkthroughs. But I wonder what happened to these books now.

Thanks for any info!

Reply 1 of 7, by Hater Depot

Posted on 2009-01-25, 16:15

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I think it was a magazine first, then books.

Reply 2 of 7, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

Posted on 2009-01-25, 16:21

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I remember borrowing a 1990 issue from a friend; the one that has solutions for Quest for Glory (the first), Space Rogue, and Keef the Thief. In fact, I would have been stuck in Quest for Glory without it (yes, I'm a lousy adventure player).

Or was it 1989?

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Reply 3 of 7, by vasyl

Posted on 2009-01-26, 02:41

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Not exactly a magazine, I think it was more like a newsletter. Many solutions were republished in books, eleven of them. There were five books with Questbusters name, and six in a similar series called Quest for Clues.

Reply 4 of 7, by djp

Posted on 2009-01-26, 06:54

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You might want to look in the Just Adventure forums, seems somebody is reading your mind 😀

http://justadventure.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1232566040/7

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Reply 5 of 7, by Hater Depot

Posted on 2009-01-31, 19:25

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Seems one of the books is on ebay.

cgi.ebay.com/Ultima-V-Leisure-Suit-Larr ... 1|294%3A50

Reply 6 of 7, by Malik

Posted on 2009-02-01, 02:00

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Thanks! Thanks a bunch!!! 😀

Reply 7 of 7, by vasyl

Posted on 2009-02-01, 22:06

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Half.com has eight of those listed atm and their prices are considerably better. Search for "questbusters" and "quest for clues". Most of those books are not particularly rare.

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